Re: Rack rails on network equipment

[Owen DeLong via NANOG]

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Niels Bakker <niels=na...@bakker.net> wrote:
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> * c...@cmadams.net (Chris Adams) [Sat 25 Sep 2021, 00:17 CEST]:
>> Which - why do I have to order different part numbers for back to front 
>> airflow?  It's just a fan, can't it be made reversible?  Seems like that 
>> would be cheaper than stocking alternate part numbers.
> 
> The fan is inside the power supply right next to the high-voltage capacitors. 
> You shouldn't be near that without proper training.

Meh… Turn off power supply input switch, open chassis carefully, apply 
high-wattage 1Ω resistor across capacitor terminals for 10 seconds.

There isn’t going to be any high voltage left after that.

Owen

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>       -- Niels.